THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. 9.3/10 Imdb score, 91% Rotten Tomato score, 80% Metacritic score. This movie was shown to us by our English Lecturer, the ever so beautiful Miss Syafiqah Johan on a gloomy Thursday afternoon when we are reluctant to go to the screening for exhaustion has taken its toll. i sluggishly walked to the theathrette and just randomly google the movie. Ranked first on Imdb got me curious and i have to say it has lived up to its billing.
The movie is about the witty Andy Dufresne who was charged with a count of murder and was sentenced to Shawshank to serve his time. There he befriended Red, the local contraband supplier and also others. During the time he went from being "the sisters" favourite to the warden's maid (money laundering, get it ?). But behind his obedience he has already made an escape route along with a fake identity to allow him to live without the concern of being arrested.
At first i would thought this as a regular movie with a normal "release from jail, looking at the sky" ending but boy I was wrong. Andy Dufresne is well educted, being one of the managers of a large corporate bank, different from the other prisoner in Shawshank.
One scene i wondered about was during the killing of the witness to Andy Dufresne's murder case. The guy (sorry I dont remember) claimed to know who the real murderer is, and willing to testify, as Dufresne helped him to ace his exams. But upon knowing the matter, the warden decided to kill the guy as Andy was an asset for him. I wondered what would happen if he was not killed. Andy would be free, being the banker he used to be, the witness would be able to see his kid go to school, and the warden, well he wont get all his money stolen back by Dufresne. Aint that a win-win ? but of course that would not be as interesting of an ending. the witness guy deserve to his kid again that is all i want to see.
Emotional much. Anyway this is still a highly recommended movie to watch. to show you that the brain outweighs the muscle.
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